Trump, Xi might meet ahead of or during October APEC summit in South Korea, SCMP reports

U.S. President Donald Trump mightiness sojourn China earlier going to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation acme betwixt October 30 and November 1, oregon helium could conscionable Chinese person Xi Jinping connected the sidelines of the APEC lawsuit successful South Korea, the South China Morning Post reported connected Sunday (July 20, 2025), citing aggregate sources. The 2 countries person been trying to negociate an extremity to an escalating tit-for-tat tariff warfare that has upended planetary commercialized and proviso chains.

Mr. Trump has sought to enforce tariffs connected U.S. importers for virtually each overseas goods, which helium says volition stimulate home manufacturing and which critics accidental volition alternatively marque galore user goods much costly for Americans.

He has called for a cosmopolitan basal tariff complaint of 10% connected goods imported from each countries, with higher rates for imports from the astir "problematic" ones, including China: imports from determination present person the highest tariff complaint of 55%.

Mr. Trump has acceptable a deadline of August 12 for the U.S. and China to scope a durable tariffs agreement.

A spokesperson for Mr. Trump did not respond to a petition for remark astir the reported plans for a gathering with Mr. Xi successful the fall.